Strap-attaching device.



PATENTBD JAN. 3, 1905.

- J. v. MARKITAN.

STRAP ATT-AGHING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED DBO.26, 1903.

Jm2p i UNTTED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

JOSEPH V. MARKITAN, OF BRUNO, NEBRASKA.

STRAP-ATTACHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,873, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed December 26, 1903. Serial No. 186,789.

To all whom, it may concern: I

4 Be it known that L JosEPH V. MARKITAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bruno, in the county of Butler and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Strap-Attaching Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness, and has for its object to provide an improved billetloop arrangement capable of attachment to any portion of the harness, but particularly designed for use in connection with traces. It is also designed to have the trace and the attachment combined in such a manner as to permit of the layers of the trace being connected by continuous rows of stitches throughout the entire length of the trace, thereby to preserve the integrity of the latter and also to facilitate the removal and adjustment of the loop member of the attachment without severing or otherwise interfering with the stitches. To attain these objects, it is furthermore designed to have a part of the attachment permanently embedded within the trace and arranged to permit a continuous stitching of the layers of the trace from end to end.thereof after said part has been placed between the layers. In this connection it is also designed to have the embedded part accessible for the convenient attachment of the other parts of the device without producing external projections, which would tend to interfere with the convenient dressing and polishing of the trace after the same has been completed.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be herein' .after more fully descrlbed, shown 1n the ac-- companying drawings, and partlcularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad vantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a hame-tug and a trace with the .device of this invention applied thereto. Fig.

2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view on the 5 line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the parts of the attachment detached. Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of 'the drawings.

The present device is made up of an anchor member 15, preferably in the nature of an open-ended internal]y-screw-threaded tubular seat or socket having a base-flange 17, which is pierced by perforations for the reception of suitable fastenings, as will hereinafter appear. A flat cross bar or plate 10, having a central countersunk opening a and reduced terminal trunnions or pivot-pins 11 and 12, respectively, is designed to be placed transversely across the unfianged end of the socket 15,.with its opening a registered therewith for the reception of a screw-threaded fastening 14, the head of the latter having the usual screw-driver groove or seat for convenience in applying and removing the fastening. Cooperating with the cross bar or plate 10 is a yoke-shaped loop member 18, the side mem bers of which are provided with corresponding perforations for the reception of the respective trunnions 11 and 12.

To illustrate the application and operation of the present device, reference will be had more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, wherein the reference character 18 designates a hame-tug, and a portion of a trace proper is designated by the numeral 19. The tug 18 has been shown as made up of layers or plies 18 and 18 between which are filler-strips 18 which is the usual construction of hame-tugs; but the filler-strips may be omitted without affecting the present invention, as will hereinafter appear.

In fitting the present device to the tug 18 the seat or socket 15 is placed between the layers 18 and 18 of the tug prior to the stitching of said layers, suitable fastenings, such as rivets 6, being set through the perforations of the flange of the socket and the adjacent layer 18 of the tug, whereby the seat or socket is permanently connected to the tug, within the periphery thereof, so as to avoid a projection upon the exterior of the tug. It will of course be understood that the opposite layer 18 of the tug is provided with a perforation 18 for the reception of the body of the socket, whereby the interior of the latter is accessible from the exterior of the tug. After one or more of the seats or sockets 15 have been fitted between the layers of the tug the latter are connected by rows of edge stitches 0, disposed at opposite sides of the socket, it of course being understood that the flanged portion 17 of the socket is of less diameter than the width of the tug, whereof the latter may be continuously stitched from end to end after the application of one or more sockets without interference by the latter. This is a very important feature, for the reason that no change whatsoever is required in the common or ordinary manner of stitching the hame-tug, and as the stitching is not interrupted the integrity of the tug is preserved. Moreover, the outer end of the seat or socket 15 is flush with the adjacent external face of the tug, whereby the latter is free from projections, which would tend to interfere with the convenient dressing and polishing of the strap or tug after it has been completed. It

will now be understood that the filler-strips 18 are not essential to the present invention and may be omitted; but the strap should include at least two plies in order that the flange 15 maybe secured therebetween.

After one or more sockets have been fitted to the strap and the layers of the latter stitched so as to complete the strap the latter may be used as a tug, a trace, or in any other capacity, and when it is desired to equip the strap with a billet-loop the cross-bar 10 is placed upon the strap with its central opening a registered with the open outer end of the seat or socket. The screw-threaded fastening 14 is then set through the opening in the plate and into the socket, after which the sides or arms of the loop 13 are snapped into engagement with the trunnions of the cross bar or plate, whereby the loop is connected to the strap in a very convenient and simple manner. As clearly indicated. in Fig. 2, the sides or arms of the loop embrace the opposite edges of the strap, whereby the cross bar or plate 10 is prevented from turning upon or with the fastening 1 1, whereby accidental detachment of the baris prevented. When the loop has thus been attached to the tug, the free end of the trace 19 may be inserted between the loop and the tug in the ordinary manner, as indicated in Fig. 1, and may be readily withdrawn therefrom whenever desired.

While the fastening Z) may be omitted, it is preferred to positively connect the flange 17 of the socket 15 to one of the layers of the strap in order that strain may be divided between the layers of the strap rather than be placed entirely upon one of the layers, as would result if the fastenings were omitted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is.

1. A strap formed of longitudinal layers connected by continuous rows of stitches and provided with a seat interposed between the layers and the rows of stitches within the periphery of the strap, said seat piercing one of the layers, a cross-bar connected to the outer end of the seat, and a loop carried by the crossbar.

2. A strap formed of longitudinal layers connected by continuous rows of stitches and provided with a seat interposed between the layers and the rows of stitches within the periphery of the strap, said seat being connected to one of the layers and piercing the opposite layer, a cross-bar connected to the outer end of the seat, and a loop carried by the cross-bar.

3. A strap formed of longitudinal layers connected by continuous rows of stitches and provided with a seat having a base-flange interposed between the layers and the rows of stitches within the periphery of the strap, the flanged portion of the seat being connected to one of the layers and its body portion-piercing the opposite layer, a cross-bar connected to the outer end of the seat, and a loop carried by the cross-bar.

4:. A strap formed of longitudinal layers connected by continuous rows of stitches and provid ed with aseat interposed between the layers and the rows of stitches within the periphery of the strap, said seat piercing one of the layers, a cross-bar detachably connected to the outer end of the seat, and a loop carried by the cross-bar.

5. A strap having a seat embedded therein with its outer end externally accessible and within the periphery of the strap, a cross-bar separate from and extending across the seat, a fastening piercing the cross-bar and detachably engaging the seat, and a yoke-shaped loop carried by the cross-bar.

6. A strap having-a screw-threaded seat embedded therein with its outer end externally accessible, a cross-bar separate from and extending across the seat, a screw-threaded fastening to detachably connect the cross-bar to the screw-threaded seat, and a yoke-shaped loop carried by the cross-bar.

7. A strap having a screw-threaded seat em- I bedded therein with its outer end externally accessible, a cross-bar having an opening to register with the outer end of the seat, a screwthreaded fastening to pass through the opening of the cross-bar and engage the seat, and a loop carried by the cross-bar.

8. A strap having a seat embedded therein with its outer end externally accessible, a cross-bar connected to the outer end of the seat and provided with opposite terminal trunnions, and a loop having its opposite sides provided with corresponding perforations receiving the respective trunnions.

9. A. strap formed of longitudinal layers connected by continuous rows of stitches and provided with an internally-screw-threaded seat interposed between the layers and the rows of stitches, said seat having a base-flange connected to one of the layers With its body portion piercing the opposite layer, a crossbar having a perforation alined With the outer end of the seat and also provided with opposite terminal trunnions, a screw-threaded fastening passed through the perforation in the cross-bar and engaged With the interior of the seat, and a loophaving its opposite sides provided With perforations receiving the respective trunnions.

10. A billet-loop attachment for straps comprising a seat to be embedded in a strap, a cross-bar separate from the seat, the seat being provided With means for connection With the cross-bar, the cross-bar having means for connection With the connecting means of the seat after the latter has been embedded in a strap. and a yoke-shaped loop carried by the cross-bar.

1 1. A billet-loop attachment for straps comprising an internally-threaded seat to be embedded in a strap, a cross-bar separate from the seat, a threaded fastening carried by the cross-bar for connection With the threaded interior of the seat after it has been embedded in a strap, and a yoke-shaped loop carried by the cross-bar.

12. A billet-loop attachment for straps,comprising a screw-threaded seat to be embedded in a strap and provided With an external attaching-flange having perforations, a crossbar separate from the seat, a screw-threaded fastening to connect the bar to the seat, and a yoke-shaped loop carried by the cross-bar.

13. A billet-loop attachment for straps comprising a seat to be embedded in a strap and provided at one end With an external flange having perforations for the reception of fastenings and its opposite end having a connection, a cross-bar separate from the seat and provided With means for connection With the connection of the seat after the latter has been embedded, and a yoke-shaped loop carried by the cross-bar.

1 1. A billet-loop attachment for straps,comprising a seat to be embedded in a strap, a cross-bar separate from and having means for connection With the seat and provided With opposite terminal trunnions, and a loop having bearings to receive the respective trunnions.

15. A billet-loop attachment for straps,comprising an internally-screw-threaded seat to be embedded in a strap and provided with a base-flange having perforations for the reception of fastenings, a cross-bar having an intermediate perforation to be registered with the seat and provided with opposite terminal trunnions, a screw-threaded fastening to'be passed through the opening in the cross-bar and engage the interior of the seat, and a loop having its opposite sides provided With bearings to receive the trunnions of the cross-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOSEPH V. MARKITAN.

Witnesses:

F. J. ZEMAN, JOHN ZEMAN. 

